“Araes Inc. has shown a 43.25% quarterly growth,” the first voice says. It’s Ivan, the highest ranking among them. He’s the one who opens the dance: the subsidiary company he’s in charge of, Araes, is a leading force in the firearms industry, and as such, brings in the big bucks. All perfectly legal and above board—unless you stumble by the warehouse on the third Friday night of the month, when our friends from the African coast come pay us a visit with presents aplenty.
I like letting Ivan go first. Rank aside, he always knows how to put the fear of God in the others: Araes is the North Star. And everyone, with no exception, will stew with envy at yet another incomparable report.
Competition—that’s the key. If you want anything out of these savages other than the bare minimum, there’s o
